Accuracy of Anthropometric Equations for Estimating Body Fat in Professional Male Soccer Players Compared with DXA
Table 4
Body fat percentage measured with DXA and estimated with anthropometric equations developed in athletic populations.
Author equation
Median (25th–75th percentile)
DXA
14.0 (11.9–16.4)
Thorland (3SKF)
9.2 (6.3–12.0)
White
9.4 (7.4–11.3)
Stewart
10.2 (7.2–13.3)
Withers
10.5 (8.6–13.1)
Evans (3SKF)
10.5 (8.9–12.7)
Pascale
10.5 (9.3–12.2)
Reilly
10.7 (9.6–12.2)
Thorland (7SKF)
10.8 (7.8–14.4)
Evans (7SKF)
11.2 (9.4–13.5)
Civar
12.6 (10.5–14.5)
Forsyth (4SKF)
13.0 (9.6–17.9)
Oliver
13.1 (11.0–15.5)
Forsyth (2SKF)
13.7 (10.1–18.4)
Zuti
14.3 (12.5–17.6)
2SKF, two skinfolds; 3SKF, three skinfolds; 4SKF, four skinfolds; 7SKF, seven skinfolds; DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Different compared with DXA. .
